Letter: Snowy streets are being left untreated

A problem that seems to plague us all this winter is the loads of snow we have received. Space is definitely running out, but that's no excuse for a lack of snow removal.

Special to the Rockford Register Star

A problem that seems to plague us all this winter is the loads of snow we have received. Space is definitely running out, but that's no excuse for a lack of snow removal.

I live in a quiet neighborhood, though a number of major thoroughfares are nearby. Yet it can be days before I see any snowplows on my street. I have the misfortune to be at the end of a dead-end, and have been shoveling snow just to escape the street itself. Not everyone owns a snowblower.

This is no ordinary "being plowed in at the end of the driveway," I'm talking about the entire block being so underserviced that it isn't drivable. I hear that many side streets in other residentials are similarly untreated. There's really no excuse for that when it's been a few days since the snow came. Where are my taxes going? It's certainly not to road repair; a quick trip to my house by way of Harrison Boulevard is proof of that.

I now get why a man would use a flamethrower on his snow, it's just too much trouble. Please help us out and lets have ALL the roads easier to drive. In spring we can talk about fixing said roads.